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Saturday, July 29, 2017

I have had an itch to make some pineapples for a bit of fun. So why not make some shiny ones with some beautiful Rinea foiled paper!!! Pair that with some Floracraft Styrofoam and they are a perfect light weight out decor crafty project, even great for the kids to make!!

Here is a video on how to make these fun pineapples step by step!

Rinea has partnered up with Floracraft to make some amazing project, Styrofoam and Rinea foiled paper are a perfect match for all your decor needs!!!

I made two different types of pineapples, one short and fat, and one tall and skinny. The shape is all dependant on how you shape the sytrofoam to start with.

I used the amazing Rinea foiled papers in Gold and Emerald in both Star Struck and Glossy. They made such cute pineapples!!!

To give the pineapple its shape I used the Floracraft Styrofoam cube and
ball using the heat wand to help give it a shape that would suit a
pineapple!

Supplies Used

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Friday, July 28, 2017

I got a stapler and a guillotine paper trimmer from Swingline to create with and I was tasked to make something a bit different, so I thought to myself why not create art with a stapler and color the staples to make them different colors. So that is exactly what I did. I colored the staples and then also created designs by stapling them on the paper itself.

Here is a video on how to color your staples and then my tips and tricks on how to create staple art for a card.

It is really easy to color the staples, just use a pen that writes on metal before you staple them. I personally used a Bic Mark Its, or a Bic Marking pen. I colored the staples in various colors of green, pink, and blue. They took the color wonderfully!!

The first card I made was a simple shape of various types of abstract plants in different colors. I cut out the papers first and the drew the shape I was looking for, and then started to staple away. I used my Xyron Creative Lite to add adhesive to the back of the papers once I did the staples to make them sticky to add to the card.

I love the simplicity of the card, because then you focus on the technique of the staple art. This would look amazing on a black cardstock too!

You need a good weight cardstock to do this technique, as a light weight paper will rip and tear on you.

The second card I went a little more extravagant and had a bit more fun playing with my staples. I felt a bit more comfortable with the idea of creating art with staples, and blended different colors of green to make a fur or pine tree on the card.

I love how the staples look like the needles on the tree. They are all going different directions and make it look like a real tree!!

I just drew a rough template for the tree and then went freehand on the internal stapling. I loved the look when it was all done!

Supplies Used

Interested in the supplies I used in this project? Most are listed below and some are affiliate links, which generates a me little commission (at not extra cost to you at all) when you click on the link and make a purchase. Affiliate and product disclosure can be found here.

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Back to school means so many amazing deals on back to school supplies. They are in mass quantities and for really inexpensive prices. Here are a few fun tips, ideas, and hacks for those supplies that you need to get now before they are gone to help you organize your craft supply, amazing tools to use in your crafty projects, and some fun ideas you can make with the supplies out right now!!

**All opinions are 100% my own. I was compensated for this post. This post also contains affiliate
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Here are a few hacks and ideas for those crafty supplies...plus if you are organizing a crafty event for kids, a camp, or a large group this is the best time to stock up and save while the supplies are huge and the cost is down!!

All my hacks and ideas are showing with many tips and trick in my video here. Below are a few examples, but everything is in the video.

1) Storage Bins - there are so many storage bins out their right now, stock up and save!! Decorate it yourself and make some amazing crafty storage that rocks!!!

2) Binders - again crafty storage, but also to hold your planner pages!! I love using my printable planner, so now I can just print out my pages on my printer, hole punch them and pop them into my binder!!!

3) Pens and Highlighters - thee are a necessity for any crafty room. You need to jot down your ideas, have doodling tools, and they even come is really cute colors!! I also love highlighters to add the big pop of bright color to my projects!!!

4) Sticky Notes - these are amazing not only for your planners, but also as a tool!! They make for an amazing masking application, check out my video on how to mask and make the egg stamp below!!

5) Spirals and Composition Notebooks - great for art journals and journaling in general. Stock up now on these great books while supplies are here for summer camp projects for next year!! Decorate the cover for a fun kids or camp craft!!

6) Pencils and Crayons - A great and easy back to school gift for the teachers with a simple tag on them, create a end of year gift with these fun supplies, or do some cool melting wax crayon art!

7) Zipper Pouches - even more storage, this time it can be portable and they can hold a ton!! I love these for my dies!!

8) Spiral Index Cards - these are so cool for a mini book, an easy min art journal, or for your index card a day project!! They even have mini plastic removable tabs that can act as separators for your pages as they dry!!!

9) Loose Leaf Notebook Paper - the idea are endless for notebook paper, just to start it can be used to jot down idea, but then think of the mixed media possibilities with layers in an art journal, cut out sections for a scrapbook page or just whole the whole sheet, decoupage, and so much more!!!

So now that I have given you a few fun ideas for all those back to school supplies you can buy them in bulk at the dollar tree and the are only $1!! Even in bulk it may only need to be 4 of the same item, which if you are like me you will use up in a heartbeat, plus you can have it delivered for free to your local Dollar Tree for FREE SHIPPING !!

Supplies Used

Interested
in the supplies I used in this project? Most are listed below and some
are affiliate links, which generates a me little commission (at not
extra cost to you at all) when you click on the link and make a
purchase. Affiliate and product disclosure can be found here.

Alexa

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About Me

I am a mother of 4 children (2 boys and 2 girls). I have been scrapping since 2007, mostly to scrap my oldest child's baby book and it took off from there. I love to create and to find new ideas.
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